Abstract
The current study examines the contribution of left–right (or liberal–conservative) ideology to voting, as well as the extent to which basic values account for ideological orientation. Analyses were conducted in 16 countries from five continents (Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Oceania), most of which have been neglected by previous studies. Results showed that left–right (or liberal–conservative) ideology predicted voting in all countries except Ukraine. Basic values exerted a considerable effect in predicting ideology in most countries, especially in established democracies such as Australia, Finland, Italy, United Kingdom, and Germany. Pattern of relations with the whole set of 10 values revealed that the critical trade-off underlying ideology is between values concerned with tolerance and protection for the welfare of all people (universalism) versus values concerned with preserving the social order and status quo (security). A noteworthy exception was found in European postcommunist countries, where relations of values with ideology were small (Poland) or near to zero (Ukraine, Slovakia).
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 388-411 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Cross-Cultural Research |
Volume | 51 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 2 Jun 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Oct 2017 |
Funding
1Sapienza University of Rome, Italy 2The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 3National Research University, Moskva, Russia 4University of Mannheim, Germany 5Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia 6City, University of London, UK 7University of Zurich, Switzerland 8Cardinal Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland 9National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece 10Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Republic 11Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey 12University of Wisconsin–Platteville, USA 13Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile 14Toyo University, Japan 15Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine 16University of Salamanca, Spain 17University of Brasilia, Brazil 18University of Helsinki, Finland 19Constantine the Philosopher University, Slovak Republic 20Universidad a Distancia de Madrid, Spain The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The work of Jan Cieciuch was supported by Grant 2014/14/M/HS6/00919 from the National Science Centre, Poland.
Keywords
- basic values
- ideology
- left–right
- political orientation
- voting
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anthropology
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Psychology (miscellaneous)